Durham Academy
About the school
Durham Academy is an open secondary school in County Durham.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 20 January 2026
- Published
- 8 March 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 37.4
- County Durham
- 44.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- County Durham
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 22.00%
- County Durham
- 41.60%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 44.00%
- County Durham
- 61.40%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 26.00%
- County Durham
- 32.50%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.11
- County Durham
- 3.75
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
396
Girls
43.69%
Boys
56.31%
SEN support
28.79%
Education, health and care plan
6.06%
English as an additional language
6.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
62.12%
Overall absence
12.2
Persistent absence
34.12
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
63
Sustained education or employment
76%
Education
67%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
5%
Not sustained
19%